Michael D Higgins will serve another seven year term as President of
Ireland as tallies and early results in Friday’s Presidential election
bore out the results of two exit polls which last night indicated he is
set to be elected on the first count.
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Higgins re-elected as President
Michael D Higgins will serve another seven year term as President of
Ireland as tallies and early results in Friday’s Presidential election
bore out the results of two exit polls which last night indicated he is
set to be elected on the first count.
Published October 27, 2018
British Army in raid on Saoradh HQ
The British Army were involved in a dawn raid on the national
headquarters of Saoradh in Derry as concerns increase over the
increasing use of British military units in political oppression.
Published October 27, 2018
Bradley paves the way for a unionist Brexit
British Direct Ruler Karen Bradley has been accused of subverting
democracy after postponing Stormont elections for up to ten months while
prioritising the interests of unionists during Brexit.
Published October 27, 2018
Bizarre Fianna Fail rift over northern candidate
A potentially historic announcement of a first Fianna Fail candidate in
the Six Counties has instead exposed a deep divide within the party over
its stance in relation to northern elections.
Published October 27, 2018
DUP men subject unionist rival to anti-Catholic taunts
A former DUP minister who called Pope Francis “the anti-Christ” in a row
over a Papal event in Ireland has been condemned by nationalists and is
to be the subject of a formal complaint at Stormont.
Published October 27, 2018
Unanswered questions, 25 years on
Collusion continues to be suspected in the murders of Gerard and Rory
Cairns, who were killed by a UVF murder squad 25 years ago this week.
Published October 27, 2018
Higgins set to be comfortably re-elected as President
Two exit polls have predicted that Michael D Higgins has been
re-elected to the largely ceremonial post of President of Ireland with well
over half of the vote.
Published October 26, 2018
Brexit tensions ratchet higher
Concerns are growing that a failure to negotiate a solution to the
issue of the border after Brexit could spark a return of serious
violence in the north of Ireland.
Published October 20, 2018
Burning tyre strikes loyalist terror
Loyalists placed a tyre at the front door of a Catholic family in
Magherafelt and set it alight this week, forcing the four terrified
occupants, including an infant girl, to flee the home.
Published October 20, 2018
Ni Riada would wear poppy for inauguration
A row has erupted after Sinn Fein candidate for President of Ireland,
Liadh Ni Riada, said that if elected she would would wear a poppy symbol
on the day of her inauguration.
Published October 20, 2018
Judges uphold coroner’s refusal to say how Pearse Jordan died
The mother of an IRA Volunteer shot dead by the RUC has failed in a new
legal bid to have the inquest verdict quashed.
Published October 20, 2018
Derry man reveals years of harassment
A man has accused the PSNI of continual harassment because he has
refused to work as an informer against republicans.
Published October 20, 2018
Sinn Fein MP claims deal with loyalists in 1993
An unusual dispute has arisen in east Tyrone after a former IRA leader
denied a Sinn Fein man’s claims that loyalists and republicans reached
“an understanding” in the area after a secret meeting in the early
1990s.
Published October 20, 2018
Over 120,000 people joined a march for Scottish independence through
Edinburgh last Saturday in the largest ever march about the issue.
Published October 13, 2018
Tribunal blasts Garda Chief’s ‘repulsive’ lies
Former Garda police Commissioner Martin Callinan led a whispering
campaign of lies and defamation against police whistleblower Sergeant
Maurice McCabe and then denied it under oath, according to the findings
of a sworn tribunal of inquiry.
Published October 13, 2018
Effort to open Britain’s archive of secrets
The widow of a man shot dead by a British soldier in Belfast 47 years
ago has begun a High Court bid to obtain access to documents stored in
secret English vaults.
Published October 13, 2018
Prison warders accused of seeking confrontation
Maghaberry prisoners aligned to Republican Sinn Fein have condemned what
it said were attempts to provoke tension at the jail by prison warders.
Published October 13, 2018
PSNI cooperation with investigations in doubt
Sinn Fein has condemned the Police Federation in the North (PFNI) after
it warned that current and former members of the PSNI/RUC police would
not cooperate with the proposed Historical Investigations Unit (HIU).
Published October 13, 2018
Varadkar reeling as Minister quits over €500m scandal
Ireland’s reputation as a centre of large-scale financial corruption has
not been helped by a whirlwind of devastating revelations which brought
a sudden end to the Ministerial career of Denis Naughten on Thursday.
Published October 13, 2018
Minister quits amid questions over 500m euro contract
The 26 County Minister for Communications Denis Naughten resigned
suddenly this afternoon as a controversy escalated over his handling of
a 500 million euro contract for the rollout of rural broadband.
Published October 11, 2018
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